Example sentences of "[subord] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although close to the Piazza del Duomo and its hubbub of city life , and surrounded by cars , the Piazza Mercanti manages to preserve a little of the quiet that must occasionally have existed in Medieval , pre-car , times . |
| 2 | Although close to retirement , he still took an active part in teaching the University students , and the breadth of his knowledge embraced not only clinical forensic work , but also the most up-to-date laboratory tests . |
| 3 | Although close to death — he died shortly afterwards at his Ilminster home — he insisted on going through with his contribution . |
| 4 | But I also know that this feeling of buoyancy , energy or even ecstasy , although close to that of romantic love , is not the same thing . |
| 5 | Although close to the city , the path runs between two golf courses — a delightful rural setting for work , in dappled autumn sunshine . |
| 6 | It is greatly to be hoped that some version of the censorship hypothesis holds because close to naked singularities it may be possible to travel into the past . |
| 7 | Smoking was more common among Welsh parents , accompanied by an attempt not to smoke while close to the baby . |
| 8 | Transverse tubular invaginations from it form the so-called T-system , while close to these are the longitudinally arranged cisternae of a separate membrane system , the sarcoplasmic reticulum . |
| 9 | The gain required is rather high , and the circuit can easily become unstable , especially when close to the high currents flowing via IC2 . |
| 10 | Be careful how you react to QDM changes when close to ETA . |